THE PLAINS 
POEMS IN KANSAS 

AND 

AGRICULTURE 
PLANT, PRUNE & SPRAY 




J. P. DUNN, Author 

Independence, Kansas. 
Copyrighted 1922. 



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I Kindly Dedicate This Book 

THE PLAINS 

POEMS IN KANSAS 

AND 

HORTICULTURE 

PLANT, PRUNE AND SPRAY 

TO 

Mrs. Annie M. Dunn. 



J. P. DUNN 

Author and Poet 
1922 



FLAG 

By J. P. Dunn. 

I am as red as blood 

And as white as snow 
With Brilliant stars 

Set in a field of blue. 
I fly o'er lands 

Where you believe I can 
I am truly just 

What you believe I am. 

I am the day's work 

Of all women and men 
And the dream 

Of the most daring man. 
I am what you made me 

In the days a'gone 
From Bunker Hill 

Down to Argone. 

Sometimes I am strong 

With pride when men 
Do an honest work 

With heart and hands. 
Sometimes I am loud 

And full of glee 
I wave for all 

That you hope to be. 

My stars and stripes 

Are your dreams of years 
The freest land 

In this hemisphere 
With a loyal courage 

And firm in faith 
For peace on earth 

I wave tonight. 

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OLD KENTUCKY HOME. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

In the fields of old Kentucky 
And a vale between the hills 
Stands a quaint old fashioned 
Cottage that I love 
Where the honey suckle vine 
'Round that rustic porch did twine 
So inviting to the bee 
And humming birds. 

I can see the winding path round 
My old Kentucky home, 
Like a line of river 
Wending to and fro. 
I can see the blue grass waving 
Between the fences made of rails 
And pheasants loudly drumming 
And the piping of the quails. 

I can hear the hounds baying 
While the hunter blows his horn. 
I can see the dew-drop sparkle 
On the rose just newly born. 
I can hear a hush of silence, 
When comes the gentle rain 
As it patters on the clap-boards 
Down the eaves and window panes. 

From the plains of sunny Kansas 
My thoughts revert today 
To the school house in the clearing 
Though many miles away, 
Where we gathered sweetest roses, 
The Bride and Bon-Saline, 
To bedeck the flowing tresses 
Of our beautiful May day qeen. 



The writer asknowledges his indebted- 
ness to the Editors of our City, County, State 
and land for upon them the welfare of our 
nation as ever much depends. 

I herewith submit my poems as original 
to the intelligence and impartial justice of my 
fellow citizens. 

Daily Reporter, Independence, Kans. 
Daily Evening Star, Independence, Kans. 
Daily Free Press, Independence, Kans. 
Southeastern Kansas Tribune, Independence. 
Coff eyville Daily Journal, Coffeyville, Kans. 
Daily Morning News, Coffeyville, Kans. 
Coffeyville Independent, Coffeyville, Kans. 
Daily Enterprise, Bartlesville, Okla. 
Tulsa World, Tulsa, Okla. 
Pawkuska Daily Capital. 
Ottawa Herald. 
Soverign Visitor. 
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 
Topeka Daily Capital and Capper's Weekly. 
New York Daily Times. 
Mound Valley Times-Journal. 
Parsons Daily Sun. 

And many other papers that have pub- 
lished my poems during and since the world 
war. 

Respectfully, J. P. DUNN. 



KANSAS 

By J. P. Dunn. 

beautiful, beautiful land, 
Where the silvery streamlets stream 
From the sunkissed tops of the Rokies 
That are clad in white and green. 
It is springtime out here in Kansas ; 
Many eagles now are seen 
Flying over the hills and rivers 
Of the Smoky and Saline. 

The smoky hills and valleys 
So inviting to our gaze, 
Are full of picturesqueness 
To the western pioneers. 
The old-time dugout palace, 
And the sod house on the plains 
Are the emblem of successes 
Of those happy, by gone days. 

The antelope and buffalo, 
The broad horned elk and deer 
Are extinct from the Smoky hills 
But on the western slope are seen 
The prairie dogs and gophers 
Still playfully bark and play, 
In the counties of McPherson, 
Lincoln, Saline and Clay. 

The coyotes still are with us, 
I guess they are here to stay. 
They visit all our homesteads 
While we are sleeping in the hay. 
The coyote is a prophet, 
Before every storm he howls; 
The ranchmen all take notice, 
And corral their lambs and fowls., 



THE CLASPETH HAND. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

The claspeth hand of friendship, 

Holds men in touch today 

With all mankind who dwell 

Upon land or sea. 

It strengthens all our efforts, 

And lessens all our cares, 

It drives away the bitter blues 

And checks the fallen tears. 

Did you extend the claspeth hand 
To the poor widow in distress, 
Did you kiss your wife good bye, 
When her parting hand you pressed. 
Did you ever speak a good word 
For your old home town, 
If perchance you did not 
Please do it now. 

Did you meet the night fall 
That was slowly coming on, 
Have you helped a single brother, 
And made a bosom friend. 
Did you scatter seeds of kindness 
Or seeds of discontent. 
Have you spoken kindly 
To everyone you met. 

Can you recall an instance, 

Of a ray of hope you have shed. 

Is there a single heart rejoicing 

Over what you did or said. 

If you have spoken kindly 

Of your brother across the way, 

You will be rewarded tomorrow 

For what you did today. 



COME OUT WEST 

By J. P. Dunn. 

Ye who are loitering 

Get busy today 
While not any moment 

In idleness away 
If business is slack 

Where you may abide 
Come out to Kansas 

And with us glide. 

In Kansas the wheat 

And alfalfa are Green 
Where the happiest people 

On earth may be seen 
The young and the old 

The high and the low 
Stand shovlder to shoulder; 

Our watchword "see us grow." 

Come in the autum 

Come in the spring 
Come in the summer 

And hear the birds sing. 
Just keep on coming 
In sunshine or rain 
And help drill for oil 

And garner the grain. 

Come in the evening 

Or come in the morn 
If you want to labor 

In mine, factory or fam 
The oftener you come 

The greater the charm 
In production we're short 

But on consumption we're long. 



THE LIVING MIND. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

The mind is a living mirror 

For man while here below; 

It shines both day and night 

Like the golden glow. 

If we would look square in our mind 

And view things as they are 

We could avoid many trials 

And console our aching hearts. 

We should live for today only 

Our yesterdays are past and gone ; 

Tomorrow is not ours 

In fact it may never come. 

There is one thing, my brother, 

Before we cross the ridge, 

We must lie down for one night 

Beneath the covered bridge. 

Then why should we crave or worry 
For things we have not got; 
Discontent is sinful 
And will not improve our lot. 
We should not yearn for money 
For sometimes it's a curse 
Happiness excels money 
If in God we trust. 

In tracing back the profiles of time 
Checking up the points and curves 
We sometimes are amazed 
At the accomplishments of man, 
We are standing on the threshold 
Where our fathers bravely stood 
Who won for us a victory 
And freedom for our flag. 



DECORATION 

By J. P. Dunn. 

While we deck each grave with flowers 

Plucked by friends with tenderest care, 
For the dear one who fell in Battle, 

At home and over seas. 
We promise as we kneel besides besidethem 

Beneath the Elm's quiet shade, 
That their flag of yesterday 

We hold in ecstacy today. 

Place each flower with tender feeling 

O're some friend you cherised dear 
While he slumbers neath its fragrance, 

In the valley, sea or plain, 
For his spirit hovers round you 

In your daily walk to cheer. 
Comfort, keep, direct you onward, 

W T hat a precious thought so dear. 

May each mother's love be melted, 

By the lapse of many years, 
As her mind is drifting backward, 

For the one she loves so dear, 
May each one who fought in battle, 

For the dear old flag to save 
Have a place in fond remembrance 

O're his dear and sacred grave. 

May Old Glory float from time immemorial 

With that freedom for us all, 
One by one resting sweetly, 

Waiting for the bugle call. 
When the Master calls each veteran 

To his Home beyond the skies, 
Then to dwell in peace and comfort, 

Then we will raise Old Glory high. 



ODE TO MAJOR ROBERT LEWIS. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

The promotion of Robert Lewis 
From Captain to Major Bob 
Was earned for his bravery 
And the kindness shown his men. 
But, alas, when came the parting, 
The misty tear drops came 
That trickled down the cheeks 
Of the boys of Ammunition Train. 

When Major Lewis was transferred 

Then came the sad goodbys; 

All promised to meet again 

Somewhere, live or die. 

The meeting was in bleeding France, 

Beneath a foreign sky; 

The tender joys that were expressed 

Money can not buy. 

At the first call of his country, 

While yet in his 'teens, 

Major Lewis carried a musket 

In the far-off Phillippines. 

He came maching home as sergeant 

Full of vim and laughter, 

Bob has never faced a back flag 

Nor had his heels in water. 

The buring hearts of friendship beat 
For all tried and true good men. 
Major Lewis wears the plume 
Of an American pure and firm. 
When he returned with the boys, 
The gates were all outswung, 
And every promise made, 
He faithfully fulfilled. 



PATH OF DUTY. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

The path we will tread tomorrow 

Is a survey of today. 

Like a line of river 

Flowing from mountain to the sea. 

If it be a path of duty, 

You will meet at each point of curve 

Y'our conscience as dictator, 

Just how and where to rove. 

We should arise at early morning 
And be steadfast all through the day. 
Let no evil thoughts estray us 
As we glide along life's highway. 
Be cheerful, pure and patriotic, 
In the path of duty stay, 
Right will always triumph o'er wrong 
From birth down to the grave. 

It's a beautiful thought to live in, 
The tomorrow that yet to us is unknown. 
It beautifies all that is lovely 
Like the dew at sunset or at dawn. 
Our path may be strewn with flowers 
As it winds through the snow-capped hills 
The fragrance from the flowers and roses 
Is God's perfume of love for His f ellowman 



THE OZARK TRAIL. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

O'er the plains of sunny Kansas, 

Between the fields of ripening grain, 
Traverses the famous highway, 

The Ozark mountain trail. 
And extends through Arkansas, 
Where cotton often grows as tall 

As wheat and corn in Kansas, 

In the valley of Neosho, 
The Verdigris and Kaw. 

When you reach the Ozark mountains, 

Then you will learn something about 
The hospitality of the people, 

Their streams and speckled trout. 
To drink from nature's fountains 

Will at once quench your thirst, 
Then you will love Missouri 

For her rivers and her rock. 

Way down in beautiful Oklahoma 

And Texas lonely pines, 
Winds the Ozark trail of promise 
Where they are drilling now for oil 
A trip down through the Ozarks 

In memory will never stale, 
The land where nature marvels 

In the scenic Ozark trail. 



OUR PRESIDENT. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

Patriotism is Americanism 

By birth or otherwise; 

The name of Woodrow Wilson 

Brings everlasting joy; 

He is a living martyr, 

Equal in every way 

To Washington or Jefferson, 

And is the Abraham Lincoln of today;. 

All Americans remember, 

A few short years ago, 

When we elected Mr. Wilson 

As our guiding star, 

Mr. Wilson heard us cheering 

While trysting at the well 

And with his boys sailed overseas 

And gave the kaiser H — 11. 

Mr. Wilson is our president, 
And is a tried and true good man. 
He has carried out all his plans 
That congress imposed on him. 
I deem it as a duty, 
And will write in verse 
When our history again written 
The name of Woodrow Wilson first. 



PAW-HUS-KA. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

Tall plumes of Spring 
In rows and rows, 
Like angels dressed 
In their assention clothes 
To protect the ideal park that lies 
Incompassed by the hills and sky. 
This land was deeded to Uncle Sam 
To Paw-hus-ka and his noble band, 
To hold as long as grass will grow — 
O'er the Osage hills and valleys, too, 
And fire will burn on Earth below, 
And the rain from Heaven make 
water flow. 

Paw-hus-ka was a chieftain brave, 

His hair was silvery gray; 

He has heard wolves bark boldly 

Before the midnight rain; 

He has seen the elms waving 

Along the uneven streams, 

And the stately oak and maple 

Cast their shadow o'er the scene. 

From a wigwam in the valley 

And a hillside dugout shack, j 

To commemorate his name and 

memory, 
Stands Pawhuska, the finest city in 

the Osage land. i 



TRIBUTE TO HARRY BRAMMER 
OF INDEPENDENCE, KAN. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

Tonight stars are softly gleaming, 
Upon a quiet, new-made grave, 
There sleepeth without dreaming 
A brother we could not save. 
Harry, dear, how we miss you, 
God alone the wound can heal; 
Friends know not the deep sorrow 
That lie in your sister's heart concealed. 

At the first call of his country, 
Though a youth yet in his teens, 
He resigned his position at the Prairie 
To save his flag, he volunteered. 
But God called Harry to his army, 
To march in peace beyond the seas, 
Where he will drill with angels, 
Who are all God's volunteers. 

While on his cot in death he lay, 

The language of his eyes seemed to say, 

Comrades and sisters true, 

I bid you all a kind adieu. 

My country's flag I still can see, 

It's the flag I love, it baptized me, 

May all the flags on earth unite 

For peace on earth is God's delight. 

With fife and rum ,ere the set of sun, 

His comrades played as they marched 

away, 

To the beautiful cemetery of Mt. Hope, 

Where in peace, Harry rests today. 

They fired three shots o'er his grave, 

In honor of a soldier brave, 

The echo reached from shore to shore, 

At peace with God for ever more. 



OUR FLAG 

By J. P. Dunn. 
Nov. 11, 1918. 

I will tell you a story ; 
One that is true 
About the flag of America, 
The Red, White and Blue. 
She is as pure as the lily 
That blooms the world o'er — 
An olive in peace and a hero in war ; 
Has no yellow streaks around her 
forty-eight stars. 

We call her Old Glory 
For the battles she's won. 
She is respected today 
By every nation under the sun. 
For Freedom and Liberty 
That has taken ages to win 
Over the military power 
Of tyrannical kings. 

Three chers for Old Glory 

Again and again; 

She waves proudly today 

Over the Rhine. 

To our Creator in heaven 

Who guided our sons 

This eleventh day of November 

We dedicate to Him. 



FONDEST HOPES. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

The flowers and roses 

Will ever bloom 
With open petals 

For bride and groom. 
The winds will blow 

Their fragrance o'er 
The graves of those 

Who fell in war. 

Upon your breasts 

A cross I see, 
Kind words inscribed 

For you and I. 
Ye speak to us 

As if alive 
Comrades, while passing by, 

Keep Old Glory flying high, 

Kind friends, your battle 

We fought and won, 
In the famous woods 

Of Argonne 
For peace on earth 

We paved the way 
And for tomorrow 

We gave today. 

Today, dear sons, 

As ye glide 
O'er the waves beyond 

The returnless tide 
A mother kneels 

Beside your grave 
As her Fondest Hopes 

Lie buried there 
And prays to God 

Who reigns on high 
To keep you in 

His heavenly care. 



ALL WELCOME HOME 

By J. P. Dunn. 

I can see Old Glory waving 
I can hear the happy throng 
Singing "America I am coming" 
Back to the dearest spot of earth. 
I can see those ocean steamers 
All plumed in silvery sprays ; 
I can see those angel mothers 
A waiting for their son today. 
Every sound of the whistle 
Has an echo in the heart 
And brings fondest recollections 
Of the land that gave them birth. 

At the fireside now are waiting 
Wives and mothers and lovers true, 
A kind old father, too, is waiting 
Patiently, dear son, for you. 
A sister and a brother too 
Are standing where they stood 
The day you left the old home 
For the unknown battle front 
You said, "Goodby, dear Mother 
Some day I will return." 
I know you were in earnest 
And meant every word you said. 

All our boys in the cantonments 

And the fields of St. Mihiel 

Chateau-Thierry and Argonne, 

We reverence all as heroes 

On sea, in aid, and land. 

Those who fell in battle 

Are the gold stars of our flags ; 

They are very near, 

And yet so very far 

But all will meet again 

Even though time 

May make the distance far. 



Three chers for all the stars 

On our Old Glory flag, I 

That represents the U. S. A 

North, East, South and West. 

There are forty-eight that twinkle 

United all in line, 

The Gold Star is Mother's Star 

And is number forty-nine. 

We welcome all our boys 

To their old home again. 

They are tried and true Americans 

Of the bravest type of men. 

We welcome the 35th Division, 
And the divisions of all the states 
As greetings from Sunny Kansas, 
Oklahoma, and Missouri — 
The Giant Plainsmen 
Of the Middle West. 



WELCOME HOME DAY, MAY 22, 1919. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

What means this large gathering of people 
On this beautiful ideal day ? 
What means this large number of autos 
With Old Glory flying o'er them so gay ? 
fJVhat means those great airplanes like eagles 
Flying so proudly between earth and sky? 
It means that our boys are the victors 
That brought peace to this old world again. 

Independence, the home of our loved ones, 
The queen city of the great American plains 
We dedicate with high honor and memory 
The twenty-second day of May each year. 
We reverence all our American heroes, 
And to our Creator we fervently pray 
For our gold stars, who fell in battle, 
And are now sleeping beyond the returnless 
waves. 



CONDITIONS AS THEY ARE. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

On the great American prairies, 
Are piles of choicest corn 
No market for this cereal 
And is now used for fuel, 
Ye Uncle Sam is calling 
His sons back to the farm 
To the land of milk and honey 
And the fields of yellow corn. 

We are familiar with this story 

And have often heard it sung 

That Kansas is queen in wheat 

And in corn and oil is king 

But in the land of promise 

Of fair women and honest men 

The octopus of war 

Has the wheels of commerce stilled. 

We remember well conditions 
Only a few short years ago 
Our Nation then engaged 
In the World War. 
The demand for all our products 
Of factory, mine and farm 
Made prices soar as high 
As during the Civil War. 

At the close of World War 
When our boys returned home 
Prices on all commodities and wages 
With a clash came tumbling down 
With a depleted market 
At home and the world o'er 
As Americans all will share 
With the man that holds the plow. 



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Mr. Harding is pilot j J 

Of our great old ship of state 
Assembled with Congress and our 

Senate 
Are the governors of our states 
Who will man her fore and aft' 
And keep her sailing right 
Until she makes a return voyage 
And normalcy is reached. 

The morning dawn is breaking 

O'er a wilderness of doubt 

With all nations now assembled 

For Peace upon earth 

To gain the highest standard 

In every home and land 

We must accept the teaching 

Of Christ, the Perfect Man. 



TRIBUTE TO COL. THEODORE 
ROOSEVELT. 

Col. Roosevelt was a faithful friend 
In our nation's adverse hour 
He gave his sons, four brave boys, 
To fight for the flag he loved. 
He was an A. Lincoln type of man, 
Believed all nations should be free, 
For position, power or money, 
He never bent a knee. 

The voice of honest praise shall ring 
In ages yet to raise, 
His name will sparkle like a star 
Beneath every nation's skies, 
The lamp of clay may shatter 
That holds the light of truth divine, 
In memory Col. Roosevelt lives, 
Wiser than his time. 



MOTHER TOLD ME SO 

By J. P. Dunn. 

There is a little maxim, 

Told me by my Mother dear 

When in Childhood 

As I sat upon her knee 

She told me that a rolling stone 

gather little moss. 
Many were the lessons of advice 

Mother gave to me. 

Mother told me that the Father 
Watched o'er me fram above 
And bade me pray to him 
With head bowed low, 
And said "if I take her advice 
Some day I'll be with him". 
I believe it for my Mother 
Told me so. 

Mother told me when at manhood 
Temptations I would meet, 
And very few true friends 

In life I would know, 
She also said the world is full 

of falsehood and deceit, 
I believe it for my Mother 

Told me so* 

Mother told me never turn my back 

On sorrow and distress, 

And give what ever I could 

To help the poor. 

For you will never know 

What poverty is my lad, 
Until you find the wolf of hunger 

Knocking at your door. 

Try and love your neighbor 
As you always love yourself, 
Your deeds will make you known 

Where e're you go. 
If a man is honest 
He will need no monument 

When he is gone, 
I believe it for my Mother 

Told me so. 



NEWOLLAH. 

(By J. P. Dunn, Oct 9, 1922.) 

] 
These are not the same days 
Nor the same Hallowe'en 

Enjoyed by our father and 

mothers. 
When they strolled up and down | 

the beautiful straems 
In the crimsoning days of October. 

In the days that have gone 

when we were young, i 

With no thoughts of to-day or 

tomorrow, 
We rambled at will t 

O're plain, valley and hill 
In the Hallowe'en day of October. 

I 

With pleasure we view 

Our Heaven and earth 

And the herbage God tinted by | 

nature ; I 

By frosts from the north 

And the winds from the south 

In the crimsoning days of October. 

Each bramble and bush 
In silence is hushed, 
Each bud is now closed for old 
winter, 

At the return of spring 
All will open again 
To meet the lark, the bee and the 
robin. 

These are not the same days, 
Though they bear the same name 

as the days 
When we were children together, 
It may be that angels 
Are culling them o're \ 

While we christen Hallowe'en. 
NEEWOLLAH. 



VERDIGRIS RIVER. 

By J. P. Dunn. 
"Child" 

Gentle river, gentle river, 
Tell us where your laugh begins 
As you are drifting southward 
Through the Oklahoma land, 
Bedecked with the ash and maple 
The oak and American elm, 
With their branches reaching almost 
from bank to bank. 

"River" 
From a little dew drop 
Sparkling in the sun, 
With multiplis of rain 
From the clouds above. 
Coarsing thru the plains 
Down into the glenn, 
Born of the rainbow 
Is where my laugh begins. 

"Child" 
Gentle river, gentle river, 
In the years of sweet a-gone 
On thy banks we played, 
Children we were then, 
Our little tepee wigwams, 
Time has far removed. 
And erected more modern tepees, 
But in memory not like ours. 

"River" 
As children and companions, 
I remeber you quite well 
When we strolled together 
Up and down the dells. 
When all nature was alive 
With a merrieness of youth, 
Earth was then a paradise 
And not a wilderness of doubt.. 



"Child" 

Gentle river, gentle river 
We bid a fond farewell 
We know you will be flowing 
When we are past and gone 
We pray that other children 
Thy companionship may bear, 
And enjoy themselves as we did 
On thy banks dear Verdigris. 

"River" 
Far well, far well, my comrads, 
When you are far away. 
I shall keep you in my memory, 
As the children of yesterday, 
And with each turn of springtime 
My course will renew 
As I sip the fallen dewdrops 
I will kiss them all for you. 



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BY AND BY. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

Man's love for woman 
Is alike the world over; 
Woman loves man 
For protection and a home. 
All things being equal 
There is no reason why 
That they should not marry 
In the sweet by and by. 

Marriage is a contract; 
Two hearts beat as one — 
For the better, we hope — 
Time only can tell. 
If poverty should enter, 
Then everybody shouts 
It's easy to get married 
But it's h — 11 to keep house. 



THE FOUR FACTORS OF WEALTH. 

By J. P. Dunn. 
LAND 
The land is the entire earth 
The oceans, lakes and rivers, 
The rainfall, heat and cold, 
Tide, winds, storms and weather. 
And all material beneath 
The surface of earth and water, 
And all the fishes of the seas 
Are united in one factor. 

LABOR 
Labor is a workingman transformed 
To master natural forces 
With intelligence to create wealth 
By skilled and unskilled labor. 
With the ability to perform 
And create faster than consumed 
Natural resources thus transformed 
Is called capital produced by labor. 

CAPITAL. 
Capital begun with economy 
Progress and civilization 
Chiefly to assist man 
In the subjugation of nature. 
Invention and the use of tools 
Man armed himself with weapons 
To protect against warfare 
To which he was subjected. 

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Coming down to modern times 
With each stage of evolution 
Man became better able to create 
And save additional capital. 
With land, labor and wealth 
Organized into a working union 
Men are better fed and clothed 
With better shelter and education. 



ENTERPRISER 
The duty of enterpriser 
Is to direct capital and labor 
To unite the three in one 
With nature's creations, 
Assume the risks connected with 
The business organization 
And take the prifit that arise 
From economic operation. 

MY MOTHER. 

By J. P. Dunn. 

In the cemetry at Boonville, Missouri, 
Where the flowers gently wave 
Lies the one I love so dearly 
In her silent lonely grave. 
Peaceful be your sleep, dear mother, 
It is sweet to breathe your name. 
In life I loved so dearly, 
In death I do the same. 
Fifty years ago you left me. 
How I miss you, mother, dear, 
And remember all your kindness 
As I drop a silent tear. 



VICTORY LOAN 

By J. P. Dunn. 

V stands for Victory, for Mother and Home, 
I for Independence over military power ; 

C for Columbus who discovered our shore, 
T for triumphant over our foe. 
O for ocean that our ships sail upon, 
R for relief for our home coming sons 

Y for the youth and to them we owe more 

favors than we can ever bestow. 

L for League by Nations signed, 

O for our Lusitania, torpeoed and mined ; 

A for armistice when the Teutons stacked 

arms, 
N for No, never, shall we allow the Red, 

White and Blue to wave below par. 



PLANTING 



PLANTING— Dig holes wide and deep 
enough to allow putting in buttom of hole 
good top earth, to allow roots to get a setting. 
Do not use Manure in hole, unless throughly 
decomposed back to earth. Plant all trees 
three (3) inches deeper than when in Nur- 
sery. After filling up hole half way pour a 
bucket of water in hole then with a slat one 
by four ("1x4") tamp around outside of hole 
pressing the points of roots downward, then 
pull upward on tree before filling hole. 

PRUNING 



PEACHES— Cut off all limbs then cut 
top to within three (3) feet of the ground. 
Plant Peach trees in spring only. Peach 
trees won't stand transplanting in fall being 
so full of sap they grow until winter begins, 
therefore, cannot be delivered in a dormant 
condition from the Nurseries. 

PLUMS — Plums should be pruned sev- 
erly. Cut back to body of tree, and top cut 
within three (3) feet of ground. Plum trees 
require an open head. 

APPLES — Apples should be cut back 
within three (3) feet of ground as an apple 
tree bears and thrives better if kept cut back. 
Don't cut off any of side limbs unless they 
cross each other. Use a small saw when 
pruning an apple tree as the wound will heal 
and not effect the life of tree. 

PEAR — Pears should be pruned to a 
pyramid, shaped similar to the Irish Juniper 
tree. In all cases use a saw to remove live or 
dead branches. 



CHERRY — Prune cautiously, with a de- 
finate object in view as the cherry is classed 
as an ornamentol tree as well as a fruit tree. 
Merely remove such limbs that mar the ap- 
pearance of the tree- Don't wrap trees with 
any kind of bandage. Don't apply any kind 
of paste on body of tree as these patent 
pastes fill up pores in bark and causes shrink- 
age in the sap wood, by all means adhere to 
this advice. Don't shave bark of Lawn or 
Park trees nor apply any band of qlueish 
preporation around trunk of tree, if such is 
done you will stop the expansion of bark 
around and cause the tree to lessen the up- 
ward flow of cap. The better plan to keep 
the Canker Won :s off of trees is to encircle 
the body of tree about four (4) feet from 
ground with cotton batten, tie a wrapping 
cord around center of cotton then turn top of 
band down. After freezing in fall remove 
until spring. 

PLANTING 



GRAPES— Cut off all defected roots 
with sharp knife. Dig a trench from about 
twelve (12) inches deep. Place the roots 
right and left in trench dividing the roots 
equally from center of stalk. Don't plant the 
roots straight down, as they will stand for 
years before they will grow and produce. The 
grape must have many top surface roots to 
thrive and produce fruit. 

SOILS — Grapes can be grown on various 
soils. Must be well drained. Hill sides are 
the most suitable for grapes as they require 
a free exposure to sun and air. 



PRUNING 



GRAPES — Annual pruning any time be- 
tween December 1st. to Feb. 20th. while the 
vines are dormant- Prune the vines to two 
canes for two years after planting. 

When the growth commences in the 
spring the young shoots must be reduced by 
disbudding so they will stand about twelve 
(12) inches apart on the cane, selecting only 
strong healthy shoots. The first fruit bear- 
ing shoots allowed to extend themselves at 
will until Sept. 1st, when they may be pinch- 
ed off at the end to assist the ripening of the 
wood. After third year cut the old canes 
back to six (6) or seven (7) feet long. 

APPLE 



FIRST SPRAY— Just after buds expand. 
Bordeaux Mixture (formula 1) or lime sul- 
phur (formula 3). At this time lead arsen- 
ate 3 pounds to 50 gallons of water for Cur- 
culio, Canker Worm, Tent Caterpillars. 

SECOND SPRAY— When blossoms are 
falling. Lime sulphur (formula 3) at this 
time 2 lbs. lead arsenate to each 50 gallons 
of water should be added for the Curculio, 
Coddling Moth or any insect the devour the 
leaf. 

THIRD SPRAY— For blotch and bitter 
rot. Two weeks after second spray use Bor- 
deaux Mixture (formula 1). 

FOURTH SPRAY— Eight weeks after 
third spray Bordeaux Mixture (formula 1.) 



PEACHES 



FIRST SPRAY— Just before the bloom 
opens up. Arsenate of lead 2 lbs- to 50 gals, 
of water. 

SECOND SPRAY— 3 weeks after first 
spray self boiled lime sulphur, (formula 2) 
mix also 2 lbs. of arsenate of lead to 60 gals, 
of water. 

THIRD SPRAY— 28 days later same as 
second spray leaving out arsenate of lead. 

CHERRY 



FIRST SPRAY— Lime sulphur (formula 
3) with 2 lbs, arsenate of lead to 50 gallons 
of water. 

SECOND SPRAY— Three weeks later 
use (formula 3) lime sulphur leaving out the 
arsenate of lead. 

THIRD SPRAY— After fruit is picked 
use Nicotine sulphur (formula 4). 

PLUM 



FIRST SPRAY— After blossoms fall use 
(formula 3) mix also 3 lbs. arsenate of lead 
to 50 gals, of water. Repeat spray 2 weeks 
later. After fruit is set well on trees place 
a canvass or large sheet under tree shake 
tree well then burn all defective fruit that 
fall, this way you get rid of many insects also 

' PEARS 

Spray pears same as apples. 

GRAPES 

FIRST SPRAY— Arsenate of lead 3 lbs* 
to 50 gals, of water. 

SECOND SPRAY— 15 days later, same. 



CODDLING MOTH 



Coddling Moths are so often found in 
wormy apples. They appear when trees are 
in full bloom. They lay eggs on twigs, leaves 
and fruit. When hatched they enter into the 
blossom end of apple. The second brood en- 
ter into the apple at the side of fruit and 
leaves the apple by coming out at the side. 
About ten (10) weeks after the blooming 
period the second crop of Moths begin to fly 
and come forth again in the spring as a moth. 

CANKER WORMS 



There are two distinguished families. 
The first is the type of measuring worm. 
They strip the trees of their foliage. They 
are classed as the spring Canker Worm and 
fall Canker Worm. They are IV2 inches long 
when full grown. At first light green color, 
darker as they get older. 

CASSBEARERS 



Pistol Casebearer and Cigar Casebearer- 
Named from the cores they occupy upon leaf 
or bud. They are a moth. Wings measuring 
V2 inch from tip to tip, are easily controlled 
by proper spraying. 

WOOLY APHIS 



This plant louse is found on the roots of 
trees and bark. Spray the roots and bran- 
ches with Kerosene emulsion 1 to 6 parts of 
water. Dig dirt from base of trunk to let 
the emulsion penerate the roots. 



TENT CATERPALLARS 



Are readly seen by the tents they spin 
on the branches. As they hatch they form 
a colony and can be removed at once and 
burned. 

PLUM CURCULIO 



Plum Curculio does more injury to the 
apple than any other pest except the coddling 
moth. This beetle has a slender snout which 
it carries under its body, it knaws little holes 
in the fruit, but does the greatest damage by 
depositing eggs in the fruit. 

BUD MOTH 



Bud Moths atacks buds, leaves and 
flowers. They weave silken threads which 
form protection under which they live and 
feed. 

SAN JOSE SCALE 



San Jose scale is a small yellow louse 
almost round. Underneath a round scale 
with a black point in center of scale. It sucks 
the juice out of the bark of the tree. Has 
several broods. During the growing season 
they cause red spots on the fruit- Worse in- 
sect scale pest. 

OYSTER SHELL SCALE 



tThey resemble the oyster shell. They 
are about 1-8 of an inch long. They hibern- 
ate white eggs under old scale. The eggs 
hatch about June 1st. First appear as small 
white lice. Soon fasten to bark and cover it 
with ascale. 



PLANT LICE 



They have a sucking mouth. They suck 
the juice out of plants. They appear in the 
spring. They injure the plants causing the 
leaves to curl, stunt and dwarf all the new- 
growth. 

SCURFY SCALE 



This pest gets under the bark and gives 
the bark of a tree a scurfy appearance. Lays 
purple eggs under the bark. 

BITTER ROT 



Bitter rot is a small sunken bitter spot 
on the fruit. The fungus lives during the 
winter in the Canker on the limbs later goes 
to fruit and enters any cracks that may ap- 
pear on fruit. 

BLOTCH 



This fungus forms on the twigs and 
fruit and is the most destructive disease 
known to the apple growers of the southern 
belt. 

CANKER 



Canker is a rough sunken discolored 
spot on the bark. Eventually causes the death 
of the tree. • 

SCAB 



Scab is the most destructive disease 
known to the apple growers. 



BORERS 

The round head and flat head borers are 
the more prevalent in the middle states. The 
parent of the flat headed borers is a light 
dove colored bettle. Has irregular cavities 
on wings. Lays its egs in the bark of trees. 
Eggs hatch about July 1st, and gnaw into the 
wood. In three years they reach full size, 
then they go deeper into the wood and finely 
emerge as an adult beetle. 

Round Headed Borers — The parent of 
this borer is larger than the Flat headed 
borer. Has two distinct white lines full 
length of body, eaches full size in two years. 
Treatment kills them by runing a flexible 
wire into their burroughs or holes that can 
be readily seen by scraping the dirt away 
from base of tree. Make a white wash out 
of air slacked lime and put on with an old 
broom let it run down on the roots of the 
tree. 

SPRAY MATERIALS 
FORMULA 1 



Bordeaux — To make 50 gallons. 

Take 4 lbs. of copper sulphate disolve in 
8 gals, of water, 5 lbs. of quicq lime not 
slacked, slack the lime in 6 gals, of water. 
After it is cooled turn it in to the first solu- 
tion and add 36 gallons of water to make the 
50 gallons. Then strain into a barrel or tank 
through a wire cloth strainer. Don't use 
metal vessel as it will corrode. 



FORMULA II 



Self boiled lime sulphur — 

10 lbs. lime, 10 lbs. of sulphur and 50 
gallons of water. The lime should be slacked 
first then run through wire seive, then add 
the sulpher and stir well then add enough 
water to make the 50 gallons. After adding 
the sulphur cool quickly with water to keep 
down sulphide formations which is injurious 
to foliage, buds, blooms and fruit. 

FORMULA III 



Lime Sulphur solution — 

Kept in most any drug store. Use 3V2 
lbs. of sulphure to 50 gallons of water. 

FORMULA IV 



Nicotine sulphate or black leaf 40 — 

Use % P m t Nicotine, 3 lbs. sulphate of 
soap to 100 gallons of water. 

FORMULA V 

Hellebore — 

Hellebore is a powder. Can be used dry 
or with water. To use as a spray, 1 pound 
Hellebore to 30 gallons of water or mixed 
with 4 lbs. of flour to 1 lb. Hellebore if used 
as a powder. 

FORMULA VI 



Kerosene Emulsion — 

Kerosene 1 gallon, water % gallon, soap 
1-4 lb. disolve the soap in boiling water. 
After boiling add kerosene, churn ingredents 
well. Dilute before using. 



FORMULA VII 



Bordeaux Mixture — 

Dilute 3 lbs. copper sulphate to 50 gals. 
of water. 

FORMULA VIII 



Lead Arsenate — 

Lead arsenate can be purchased in paste 
or powedr from any of your Drug stores. 
The powder form is twice as strong as paste 
form. 

THE ROSEBUG 



The rosebug devours the flowers, young 
fruit and foliage. This bettle is about one 
half inch long and of a brown color. 

REMEDIES— Use Phrethrum 1 oz. to 2 
gallons of water. If possible spray in mist 
form after a rain. 

NOTE — Never plant apple trees on 
south side side of other fruit trees always 
plant the apple on north side as the reflec- 
tion of the sun's rays from the foliage is so 
piercing in summer that it will burn the fruit 
and foliage on the cherry, peach and plumu 

ROSES 



CARE OF ROSES— After they have 
quit blooming prune back tips of limbs or 
branches especially early in fall to ripen the 
wood growth and make the bush strong and 
sturdy. Roses thrive better in the sun, ex- 
cept the tender varieties they require partial 
shade and partial sun shine. 

Save all your leaves, have a place in your 
back yard where you can trench them. Leaf 
mold is the best fertilizer known for plants 
and roses also the mulching for trees. 



FLOWERING SHRUBS 



SHRUBS— Best 10 varieties for mass- 
ing or ornamental specimens. Jap Quince, 
Forsythie, Lilacs, Tartarian Honeysuckle, 
Wegelia's, Spirea Van Houtte, Althea, 
Syringa, Spirea Anthony Waterer for border 
Hydrangea Aboresencs grandiflora. 

Remove all flowers from Hydrangea's 
bushes before winter sets in, break them off 
with hand. 

NUMBER OF PLANTS ON ONE ACRE AT 
VARIOUS DISTNCES. 



At 4 feet apart, each way 2,729 

At 5 feet apart, each way 1,724 

At 6 feet apart, each way 1,200 

At 8 feet apart, each way 680 

At 10 feet apart each way 430 

At 12 feet apart, each way 325 

At 15 feet apart, each way 200 

At 18 feet apart, each way 135 

At 20 feet apart, each way 110 

At 25 feet apart, each way 70 

At 30 feet apart, each way 50 

To estimate the number of plants re- 
quired for an ecre, at any given distance mul- 
tiply the distance between the rows by the 
distance between the plants, which will give 
the number of square feet allotted to each 
plant, and divide the number of square feet 
in an acre (43,560) by this number, the quo 
ttient will be the number of plants. 



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